Understanding minimalist syntax
Subtitle: lessons from locality in long-distance dependencies
By: Cedric Boeckx.
Series: Generative syntax -- 9
Publisher: Blackwell Pub.
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Malden, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 173
ISBN-13: 9781405157940; 9781405157957
Subjects: Grammar, Comparative and general -- Syntax; Minimalist theory (Linguistics)
Description: "Understanding Minimalist Syntax introduces the logic of the minimalist program by analyzing well-known descriptive generalizations about long-distance dependencies, and asks why they should be true of natural languages. This text proposes a new theory of how long-distance dependencies are formed, with implications for theories of locality, and the minimalist program as a whole." "Experts working in the field will appreciate the book's rich empirical coverage, and advanced undergraduate and graduate students will find it an accessible introduction to the minimalist program."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.